2023-06-05 13:30:39
Synthetic and bio fuels are making their way into an increasingly electrified automotive future. After the European Union has taken a step allowing its use as a way to decarbonise light transport, the Platform for the Promotion of Ecofuels demands that the Government’s decarbonisation plans, such as the National Integrated Energy and Climate Plan (PNIEC), consider ecofuels as one more solution to achieve the reduction of CO2 emissions.
It also insists on the need to promote all available technologies capable of reducing these emissions, since without this approach of technological neutrality it would be difficult to achieve climate objectives.
All the economic sectors that make up the Platform understand that renewable fuels are necessary to decarbonise transport and the economy in general, given its difficult electrification, lack of infrastructure and the need for all available technologies to accelerate the reduction of CO2 emissions. .
The Platform reiterates that ecofuels are an opportunity to boost the industry in our country, especially in the areas most affected by depopulation, such as rural Spain, as well as significantly reduce Spain’s energy dependence on foreign supplies. In addition, its compatibility with current infrastructures and combustion vehicles (cars, trucks and buses), planes and ships, facilitates a quick and effective implementation to reduce emissions immediately.
According to the latest Concawe report on the transition towards ecofuels by 2050, a potential availability of sustainable feedstocks is expected to range between 210-370 Megatonnes of oil equivalent/year for the entire bioenergy sector by 2050, without a detrimental impact on biodiversity is expected. But, in addition, other sustainable raw materials and waste materials currently not included in RED II annex IX, such as algae, could offer the opportunity to increase this potential.
From this organization they insist that a regulation is necessary that gives the necessary certainty to favor a scale production of renewable fuels in our country, so that the competitiveness of sectors such as agriculture, heavy road transport, maritime transport, fishing or aviation is not to the detriment of the relocation of production.
Synthetic fuels are still in the industrial demonstration pilot phase, on the other hand, some biofuels have already been introduced to the market. The first generation of biofuels, those created from food crops, are the most widespread. For advanced biofuels, the raw material is of biological origin, mostly residues (lipids, forestry, etc.). This type is also already developed and in use, although to a lesser extent than the previous ones. The second generation of biofuels is the preferred option and the one that will tend to due to its greater sustainability.
Ecofuels are already on the market integrated with the mixtures that are currently made in refineries for the production of fuels. Its incorporation process is marked by the laws on this matter. Royal Decree 205/2021, of March 30, establishes a mandatory minimum target for the sale or consumption of biofuels for transport purposes of 9.5% in 2021 and 10% in 2022.
By 2023, the advanced biofuels project is expected to be underway at the Cartagena refinery. Likewise, by 2024, the facilities of what will be one of the largest synthetic fuel plants in the world will already be operational at the Bilbao refinery.
The Platform is made up of 28 entities that represent more than 348,000 companies of all kinds, from multinationals to micro-SMEs and the self-employed. All of them generate more than 5.7 million jobs (direct, indirect and induced).
The Platform is made up of 28 entities that represent more than 348,000 companies of all kinds. All of them generate more than 5.7 million jobs (direct, indirect and induced).
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